Re: euro cam vs ameri cam

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Euro cam has a lift of .378

Jim

Anthony Pelletier wrote:

> Hi all
>
> B4 waterfest I put in a euro intake cam.  I thought I just replace the
> cam with that was also a euro.  I recently put a caliper on it(an nice
> one -friends dad is a machinist)  and  I measured .350 lift.  I called
> tt they sait the euro was .380(or so) and stock .352.  I can't believe
> the cam I had was stock, because it behaved exhactly the same after I
> swapped it.  It feels the same.  The car has alway pulled hard to and a
> little past 6500.  I have never been in a stock camed 16v that had much
> past 6000--by there you are just making noise.  If I really did replace
> the stock cam with a euro one then it sucks cuase it doesn't pull
> better than stock--at least not enought to notice.  I think I need to
> measure again maybe I read it wrong.  You measure the biggest part of
> the lobe then the smallest then subtract them right???
>
> the reason I know so bad is that i want to trade the old one with my
> friend for Thule racks..
> but I don't want to give him a stock cam
>
> rambling at work......
> Tony
>
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